Taking a web page from Apple’s Passbook app, Samsung has introduced a ticket and coupon managementapp known as Samsung pockets. the solution will allow users to store and manage event tickets, boarding passes, membership cards and coupons in a single location.
The South Korean cell massive made the app public at its Developer Day at the cell world Congress. Samsung has additionally released an API (application Programming Interface) for the wallet throughwhich Samsung’s partners can combine their apps with the Samsung pockets to be able to upload their tickets and coupons to the wallet. As per Samsung’s internet site, the API is open to selected companionsin the interim and may be made public in may 2013. but, builders will be capable of begin the usage ofthe Samsung pockets APIs beginning 7 March 2013.
The wallet also capabilities time and region based totally push notifications, just like Apple’s Passbook, alerting customers about the companion‘s applicable coupons and tickets, allowing extended access to Samsung companion‘s apps, in addition to offering actual-time updates on membership card factors andmodifications to boarding passes. Samsung will also permit companions to market product coupons thruthe answer. Samsung additionally introduced companions together with Walgreens, belly, fundamentalLeague Baseball superior Media, Expedia, booking.com, accommodations.com, and Lufthansa.
Samsung is ready to release its new Galaxy SIV smartphone on March 14 in big apple. It looks likeSamsung wallet will be one of the smartphone‘s essential capabilities. final 12 months, Samsung had filed a patent for Samsung pockets with america Patent and Trademark office.
even as 0.33 birthday party apps inclusive of Tripit additionally provide comparable capability, integrating a cellular pockets will allow Samsung to leverage its courting with companions and offerextended capability to cease customers.
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